# Stage Kisses

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{{short description|1927 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name           =Stage Kisses
| image          = Stage Kisses.jpg
 
| caption        = 
| director       = [Albert H. Kelley](/source/Albert_H._Kelley) 
| producer       = [Harry Cohn](/source/Harry_Cohn)
| writer         = [Dorothy Howell](/source/Dorothy_Howell_(screenwriter))
| narrator       = 
| starring       = {{ubl|[Kenneth Harlan](/source/Kenneth_Harlan)|[Helene Chadwick](/source/Helene_Chadwick)|[Phillips Smalley](/source/Phillips_Smalley)}}
| music          = 
| editing        = 
| cinematography = [Joseph Walker](/source/Joseph_Walker_(cinematographer))
| studio         = [Columbia Pictures](/source/Columbia_Pictures)
| distributor    =Columbia Pictures 
| released       = {{Film date|1927|11|02}}
| runtime        = 56 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = {{ubl|[Silent](/source/Silent_film)|English [intertitles](/source/intertitles)}}
| budget         =  
| gross          =
}}
'''''Stage Kisses''''' is a [lost](/source/lost_film)<ref>{{Cite web |date= |others= |title=The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Stage Kisses |url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9503/default.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321012352/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9503/default.html |archive-date=2023-03-21 |access-date=2026-05-23 |website=memory.loc.gov}}</ref> 1927 American [silent](/source/silent_film) [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [Albert H. Kelley](/source/Albert_H._Kelley) and starring [Kenneth Harlan](/source/Kenneth_Harlan), [Helene Chadwick](/source/Helene_Chadwick) and [Phillips Smalley](/source/Phillips_Smalley).<ref>Munden p.761</ref>

==Synopsis==
A wealthy man falls in love with an actress and marries her despite the fierce opposition of his mother. Later the mother plots to make it look as if her daughter-in-law is having an affair and break up the couple.

==Cast==
* [Kenneth Harlan](/source/Kenneth_Harlan) as Donald Hampton 
* [Helene Chadwick](/source/Helene_Chadwick) as Fay Leslie 
* [John Patrick](/source/John_Patrick_(actor)) as Keith Carlin 
* [Phillips Smalley](/source/Phillips_Smalley) as John Clarke 
* [Ethel Wales](/source/Ethel_Wales) as Mrs. John Clarke 
* [Frances Raymond](/source/Frances_Raymond) as Mrs. Hampton

== Censorship ==
Before ''Stage Kisses'' could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the reduction of a struggle scene by removing the part where a man kisses a woman's neck.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kansas Board of Review Movie Index - Kansas Historical Society |url=https://www.kansashistory.gov/statearchives/archives_board_of_reviews/search/film:Stage%20Kisses/company:/star:/elimination:/begyr:/endyr:/submit:SEARCH |access-date=2026-05-23 |website=www.kansashistory.gov}}</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0018444}}

Category:1927 films
Category:1927 drama films
Category:American silent drama films
Category:Films directed by Albert H. Kelley
Category:American silent feature films
Category:1927 English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:1927 American films
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